Carole Boston Weatherford, a professor of English at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, has been selected to receive the 2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the nonfiction category. The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards recognize the best books of the year for children and young adults. This is the 50th year the awards have been presented.

Carole Boston Weatherford is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C. She holds a master’s degree in publication design from the University of Baltimore and a master of fine arts degree from the University of South Carolina.

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